News Archive - October 2004

All articles are ordered by the date they were published to the website.

• Tablet and capsule counter
• Universal JTAG interface
• VoIP drives WLAN IC growth
• Standards wrangling hinders UWB
• Safety air gun
• Mobile tracking an alternative to GPS
• Smallest high-performance TCXO
• High-end stereo audio ADCs
• Welding range for high-alloy steels
• Path forged in B2M collaboration
• Profibus pays dividends to brewer
• Australian Packaging Awards winners 2004
• Self-propelled plate-edge beveller
• Stainless steel cabinet coolers
• Ai Group welcomes AIRC action
• Spiral lace conveyor belt fasteners
• Training scope broadens
• Pumps for high-pressure applications
• True rms-to-dc conversion ICs
• Five-cent RFID tag ‘still a myth’
• Fonterra in bid for National Foods
• Waterproof spear for food pH testing
• Wireless quality of service management
• Valves full of energy
• Safety show packs them in
• Submersible pumps for sulphuric acid
• ZigBee ‘could eclipse Ethernet’
• Travel carriage system
• Amcor PET takes 'gold' with another beer
• Industry swings behind EAN Impetus conference
• Aristocrat upgrades profit predictions
• New industrial cable range from Olex
• Kaymont relative humidity calibrator
• Interest growing in layer picking
• NMW 2005: Face-to-face communication
• Aussie car parts breakthrough
• Direct lasers get to the point
• Nestlé undertakes major branding initiative
• PeopleSoft announces enhanced manufacturing software
• Digital valve controller
• Host intrusion prevention systems
• Amcor Packaging faces sentencing
• Pneumatic palletising bottle grippers
• Broadband filters for automotive market
• Motor protection for plant and process
• Value-add manufacturing technology
• New Megger RCD testers
• Foot and knee protection
• Robots get a grip
• Easy-grip water testers
• Enterprise-class handheld mobile computers
• New logistics solutions sought
• Arc detect relay system
• Modular remote control systems
• Food business success points to cash flow mgt
• Automated preselector filter
• 1000 GByte optical discs, Switches make a comeback, Fingerprints secure mobiles and more…
• Tune-up grease
• Tailgates for trucks
• Australian affiliates earned $142.3bn in 2002-2003
• Standards wrangling hinders UWB
• VoIP drives WLAN IC growth
• Tablet counter and capper to fly Aussie flag
• Functionality - have a drink
• Dual-scale weigh scale module
• Chlorine, cyanuric acid, and pH colourimeters
• Plastic replacement for retail logistics
• Compact remote terminal units
• Clean fuels project gets underway
• NEW DIRECTIONS IN SAFETY
• Mobile tracking an alternative to GPS
• Cordless pneumatic hammer
• Telescopic conveyors
• Vehicle detection sensor
• USB adapter cable
• ZigBee ‘could eclipse Ethernet’
• Using lasers to prevent container collisions
• 5 cent RFID tag ‘still a myth’
• Latest resistant starch research
• Comment open on planned changes
• NSW Food Authority targets false meat claims
• Cam switches with undervoltage release
• 50g digital force gauge
• Cold Chain Centre to break the ice
• Mobile 3D Graphics Engine
• WorkSafe warns on forklifts after FTG pub incident
• Aseptic packaging range expanded
• Disposable gas detector
• Carton bottle
• Sweetener and flavour enhancer
• SCM: successful business model or just a passing fad?
• Custom designed archive storage system
• PCI Express image acquisition board
• Four-channel module 24-bit data acquisition
• GLOBAL TASTE FOR LOCAL SWEETS
• CNC gear measuring and co-ordinate measuring machine
• High-speed shrinkwrappers
• Microwaveable carton package
• BHP approves WA iron ore expansion
• How much are you worth?
• Yakka sings praises of voice picking
• Forklift and lift truck fleet
• New range of grippers released
• Resealable range of opening devices
• 1.89 litre and 2 litre packages
• CCD analogue signal processor
• Fail-safe mini-controller
• Salmon packaging machinery
• 1.5 litre resealable container
• Electronic design automation software
• Exhaust fans
• Desiccant better than air: dryer supplier
• Graphical scale terminal
• Big order for water recycling units
• SEE FOOD MARKET FLY
• THIRST FOR ‘NEW AGE’ DRINKS
• Stainless-steel strapping
• Perforation on shrink film
• Two-step to one-step for Masterfoods
• Flat-panel display test systems
• $8m screwcap investment
• Network monitoring solution
• TCM and Lencrow join forces
• Smart card chip for smart passports
• Self-assembly 4mm safety connectors
• Smart and sweet
• Safety laser scanner
• Push email test solution
• 4Gb/s fibre channel interoperability test
• Motor repair and rebuilding
• Clearing the air
• Systems engineering support contract for air warfare destroyers
• Service assurance solution
• Cutting torch consumables brochure
• Cut and whole produce shrink wrapping
• Enzymes that utilise seafood waste
• Handheld scanner
• Plastic bottle orientators
• Manual and battery powered lifting range
• Cushions split and lift quarried materials
• Industrial forklifts
• Materials handling CD
• Continuous motion shrink wrapper
• InGaP HBT power amplifiers to 1.6 watts
• Thorpedo makes a splash
• Non-contact position monitoring
• Pneumatic palletising bottle grippers
• Innovative e-logistics system for national distributor
• PCI-based multiband receiver
• Polyurethane wheels and rollers
• Vehicle sales up in September
• Health message spreads
• Customs orders fifth container system
• Active test OSS for wireless push email
• Forklift and reach truck fleet
• Bench mount rotary step attenuators
• Light lunch ready to go
• Cranes with intelligent drive inverters
• Teenager falls into hot oil
• Packaging consultant to judge Dairy Award finalists
• PC embedded security devices
• 4A, 2MHz dual-phase boost converter
• The finer side of bulk handling
• Business integration product suite
• Revised range of palletisers
• Gain-selectable difference amplifier
• Tissue business sale boosts CHH earnings
• Failure at OneSteel’s Whyalla blast furnace
• Digital hydraulic technology
• Smooth move from Nudie
• MEETING THE CHALLENGE
• Omron relay and timer sockets
• Pressure transducer
• Four-pin picofast junction box
• National Semiconductor opens Chinese facility
• Commercial lawyer to judge finalists for Non-Alcoholic Beverages Award
• Network search engines
• NFIS chief to judge finalists for Confectionery Award
• Addressable, 4kB EEPROM with programmable I/O
• NHP seeks sales cadets
• Repco’s new national distribution strategy
• 48V hot swap controller with on-chip ADC
• Boost and inverting dc/dc converter
• Oyster growth monitored remotely in Tasmania
• Industry body chief
• QMAN 2004 gets off to a flying start
• Freescale samples MRAM
• Sydney tobacco plant using lasers to make cigarettes traceable
• Crossover lift truck
• Esko Graphics to concentrate on packaging
• Nanobattery points to the future
• Canterbury unveils hi-tech secrets
• Multi-angle absorption photometer
• Pfizer opts for eco-friendly metallising
• Evaluation kits
• Impetus tags red-hot issues: Matthews
• Public forum for PROFInet dialogue and answers
• Research finds “can do” attitude
• The mechanics of HACCP
• Schottky barrier diode
• Rack-mount controllers
• Versatile product filling packaging machine
• Intel-based ULV Celeron embedded board
• DeviceNet Fieldbus multi-turn encoders
• High-pressure pumps
• High precision amplifier line
• Inline PON power meter
• Handheld network analyser
• Sulphate particulate analyser
• Suspension trauma safety strap
• Wheel balancing software
• Economical conveyor range
• Entry-level LabVIEW certification
• Lion Nathan writes down Australian wine assets
• Ink-jet controller for system integration
• Electronics in danger, say Deans
• CIJ printers let dairy track output
• Dual-mode operational amplifier
• Australia and South Africa agree to collaborate to compete
• Automation updates attract the crowds
• UK MRAM project wins funding
• Torque mode amplifiers
• Automation training courses
• Industrial-grade ATX motherboards
• Switching on the light in Tanzania
• Self-levelling laser pointers
• Tablet PCs for harsh environments
• Label printers
• Adaptive lighting control ICs
• Cereals found “vitally important”
• Move to digital processes ‘biggest challenge’
• Produce pallet labelling
• Data acquisition and control modules
• Stainless steel safety switches
• AMD follows China trend
• Aerospace research puts composites to the test
• USB to RS232 interface
• Portable MMA welder
• Bluetooth mouse and adaptor
• Australia needs ‘global skills’
• New instruments for new engineers
• Tenders to build air warfare destroyers
• Security services for automation systems
• Linux-based visual computing system
• Fanless panel PC
• Support system for manufacturers
• CAD system for design of process equipment
• High and low-voltage flameproof motors
• De-aerators for liquids, sauces and pastes
• Compact solid state relays
• Loop management services
• Nano research joins the dots
• Alarm management services
• PCI Express chip design eased
• New look ergonomic digital multimeters
• General purpose axial piston pump
• Solar traffic lights
• Latest RFID smart label printer/encoder unveiled
• Hydraulic torque wrenches
• Industrial motherboard
• Three-piece THX speaker system
• 120-page parts catalogue
• Radiation-hardened, logic-level MOSFETs
• ‘Legal’ Battle of the Bulge
• Australia slips in competitiveness report
• Fail-safe mini-controller
• 80Msps analogue to digital converter
• Silicon controlled 75A rectifiers
• Queensland manufacturers trade on innovation
• Rollet renders wire cages redundant for materials handling
• New levels of productivity in stainless steel turning
• Keychain-sized brushless amplifier
• Preserve changeability when choosing CNC software: expert
• Test and optimisation for wireless broadband networks
• Robot gripping technology - off the shelf
• Safety integrity level classification
• Solid Edge V16 continues design focus
• Level measurement in high-pressure applications
• Digital servo drives
• Flow control management ICs
• ABB to distribute Stromberg switches and fuses
• Orica commits extra $46m to Botany cleanup
• Embedded PC or custom design?: The 32-bit question
• LAN-to-USB hub
• AutoCAD 2000i product family retired
• Flash file system for embedded processors
• 28-pin LCD microcontrollers
• Air breathing systems
• Banana transport and display packs
• High-pressure power pack
• Safety system that connects to standard fieldbus systems.
• Motor maintenance services
• Enhanced compiler and debugger
• AEEMA endorses Innovation Awards
• Graphical assembler now covers 101 chips
• Oscilloscope and probing measurement system
• Amcor to spend $8m on screwcap expansion
• Budget analysis software
• Inverter equipped portable generators
• Fonterra wins NZTE Export Award
• Colder arc welding
• Distributed network analysis
• Plan to end dairy trade distortions
• Melt pressure and temperature indicator
• Optocoupler driver for isolated power supplies
• Manufacturers warned: Keep innovating
• Product improvements to sway opinions
• NiMH/NiCd battery charger
• Security benefits for internet usage
• Snubber film capacitors for IGBTs
• An easy guide to pH measurement
• Embedded PC or custom design?: The 32-bit question
• Semi-automatic case packer
• Whyalla steelmaking disrupted
• Multiport serial board
• Non-random alcohol testing
• Australia needs ‘global skills’
• Single-chip power device interface port
• Portable hardness tester
• PCI Express chip design eased
• Nano research joins the dots
• ICs for portable multimedia players
• New PET colourants yield sparkling bottles
• High pin-count application solution
• Web filtering security solution
• AEEMA endorses Innovation Awards
• Mass flow leak detection sensor
• Celebrating Australian excellence
• Industrial automation security system
• Double lifespan filter bag media
• Energy-saving hydraulic pumps
• Lightning vector network analysers
• Single and three-phase loop testers
• Finance options for manufacturers
• Zero reference air generator
• Should software selection process have proof of concept?
• Linux systems data acquisition driver
• Mounting hardware for load points
• Toxic and flammable gas monitor
• Stainless effluent pump
• Protection from PCB shock problems
• Laser-based oxygen analyser
• Unlocking the equity in your equipment
• One-hand pH measuring instrument
• Single board computer
• Stainless steel hollow bar
• Easy, reliable cleaning bath monitoring
• Mitsubishi NZ outsources payroll, transforms business
• Switching buck regulators
• Web-based self-service order management
• Improvements needed on getting lean, say experts
• Wearable computer granted Aus patent
• 1.8GHz single-board computers
• Unemployment rate steady at 5.6%
• Management software for service organisations
• New welding methods start to stick
• Prime pointers for peak pump performance
• Sweetened condensed milk manufacturing plant
• Web application performance accelerator
• Vibration isolation workstations
• HBM appointed distributor for Drossbach
• XRS cartesian robot module
• VFFS machine
• Networked video surveillance system
• Flat panel computer
• Mixquip range for small vessels
• Metal cutting system
• Chips flip to lead-free
• Morphing chips adapt to change
• Water-injected rotary screw compressors
• Embedded radio modem
• Rubber tracks for low ground pressure conditions
• Bonlac announces step up
• Thermometer with interchangeable tips
• Moving HSM into the mainstream
• Schottky rectifier diodes
• Wales attractive to Australian firms
• Touchscreen ordering system
• General purpose gas sampling system
• Ethernet-managed Linux-based switch
• Low cost, medium pressure UV system
• Minimum quantity lubrication
• New range of fixed gas detectors
• Pumps use hydro power
• Web edge pre-cleaner
• Warehouse modelling in 3D
• Bubbled safety matting
• Handheld ID readers
• Maintaining accurate sample temperature
• Cold plate makes top 100
• Wales attractive to Australian firms
• Low-cost safety matting
• Morphing chips adapt to change
• Aviation snips for sheet metal cutting applications.
• Agilent breaks the bandwidth barrier
• All in a week’s work
• Valve manufacturer adopts ‘lean’
• Australia’s lucrative defence work heading north
• Fuel cells closer to production
• Wine sales up
• Blow moulding injection for contract manufacturer
• Chips flip to lead-free
• Materials manufacturer increases capacity
• Wearable computer granted Aus patent
• Single-probe GWR level transmitter
• Modular safety matting
• Field strength measurement meter
• Fixed-mount ID readers
• New additions to Maxim family
• Forklift safety video
• Cushioned safety matting
• Glowing safety matting
• Absorbent entrance matting
• System basis chips for in-vehicle networking
• Foundation Fieldbus isolation fix
• Non-contact temperature measurement
• Service sector activity consolidates
• Up close and personal
• Quality code through inspection
• Modular semiconductor parameter analyser
• USB GPIB emulation technology licenses
• Two USB 2.0 transceivers
• Field-reprogrammable battery manager
• Two-cell Li-Ion battery charger controller
• Single switch synchronous forward controller
• High-output drive DAC
• Dual step-down synchronous dc/dc controller
• SiGe mixer for 2.5G and 3G base stations
• Breakthrough in beef
• Dairy excellence awards another successful export
• Cost-effective aerospace T&M products
• Step-up dc-dc LED drivers
• Business software set for Automate launch
• Audio for digital still cameras
• 60V, 500kHz step-down dc/dc converter
• Four in ten semi firms to disappear
• Licensed access to MIPS architecture
• UK industry publishes manifesto for food and health
• Miniature Bluetooth power amplifier
• Moderate growth in manufacturing activity for September
• Range of loadcentres
• Using doctor rewinders for salvage work
• Mozzarella cheese cooker
• Air circuit breakers
• LEDs in six colours
• Celebrating Australian excellence
• Aluminium electrolytic capacitors
• Houston, we have lift-off
• Rubber track for skidsteer tyres
• Rack mount chassis with 12 PCI slots
• TFT-LCD with integrated touch screen
• Bench riveting machine
• Demounting machine for wide-web
• Telecom relays
• Honey colour analyser
• Growers win battle, IRA retreats
• Zafi-B remains most common virus
• Functional foods, cardiovascular disease and diabetes
• Insulated loadcentres
• Cylinders with adjustable cushioning
• BHP commits to residential workforce
• Organic industry rejects claims questioning its sustainability
• 800 MHz video switch
• One-chip GPS module for mobile handsets
• Simplot wins premier’s food award
• All about photonics
• Power source supplies two welders simultaneously
• Danisco wins most innovative ingredient award
• Reliable RFID labeling solution
• Modified atmosphere packaging machinery
• Rise in exports reduces deficit
• Toyota granted EPA accredited licence
• General purpose Bluestreak MCUs
• Communication technology for CCTV cameras
• Humidity, pressure, and temperature monitors
• New range of insulation testers
• Die adjustment for press brakes
• Ambient light sensor
• Job vacancies up 3.6%
• KVM switch range
• More green power for WA
• Laser transmitter for bulk solids
• GPS filters
• ESD protection diodes
• Soundguard stops the music
• Plastic film demand growing strongly
• Slitter rewinder made locally
• Portable welding machine
• End-to-end manufacturing system
• MCCBs with superior Ics
• Dexion launches new shelving range
• Humidity and temperature transmitters
• Tray sealing and vacuum packing machinery